Suntou, Why are you embarassed?

On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 5:32 AM, suntou touray <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> http://kibaaro.com/nomination-row-embarrasses-majority-leader/
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>  *By Bakary Jarjue*
>  [image: Fabakary Tombong Jatta]<http://kibaaro.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Fabakary-Tombong-Jatta.jpg>
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> *Fabakary Tombong Jatta*
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> *The majority leader of the Gambia’s parliament was deeply disturbed
> about his party supporters’ fight over councillorship nomination in Abuko.
> *
>
> Hon. Fabakary Tombong Jatta, the APRC member for Serekunda East, explained
> how he was “deeply embarrassed” about the rivalry between the backers of
> Momodou Pika Jallow and Jang Bah. Mr. Jallow was nominated at the expense
> of Mr. Bah who wielded huge support among Abuko ward voters. This flared
> tempers in Mr. Bah’s camp resulting to what Hon. Jatta called “deeply
> embarrassing confrontation.”
>
> Mr. Jatta was so concerned about the political fallout that he traveled to
> Abuko in an attempt to bury the hatchet. He wondered why Abuko – a tiny
> fraction of Mr. Jatta’s mighty constituency – has been singled out for
> creating “bad names for me.”
>
> Hon. Jatta felt offended for being excluded from the Abuko crisis
> management. He did not understand why an issue that could have been
> internally solved was taken to the electoral commission. Hon. Jatta said
> Bah should have followed the party’s procedures which would have guaranteed
> him nomination a ticket on the ballot instead of trading misleading
> information among his supporters. Describing the APRC as a party of all,
> Mr. Jatta said the onus then lies on its supporters to follow the proper
> channels if they desire to run for any elected office rather than trying to
> imposing themselves on people.
>
> Jatta however reminded his party supporters to be wary of the fact that
> leadership is bestowed by Allah and not humans.
>
> Jang Bah begged to differ. “I had no previous desire to run for
> councillorship; I was only responding to the wishes of the people,” he
> said, admitting to have filed late nomination papers. He endorsed Mr.
> Jallow’s candidacy to maintain the party’s unity, much to the consternation
> of his already bruised die-heart supporters who accused Mr. Jallow of
> rampant corruption and mismanagement. But the majority leader said that
> could be averted with proper transparency and accountability.
>
> Ends
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